The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

deprive the government OF that
amount of money, and not benefit
the consumers of WOODEN goods one
c,nt. What we want and what the
people want is competition between
our folks anil foreigEe S. so that we
can buy IN market not controlled
By one class alone.
We want onr merchants to sell IN
foreign markets as we'll as in their
home markets and foreign me chants
to sell in our arkets as we'll as III
their home markets. Competition Is
the life of trade. yet no nation of the
earth is allowed to sell to our people
or com in competition with our
manu- 'actuers Our home people
must consume all goods produced
in this coun.rs at prices dicta ed by
che manu- acturers, or the mills stop
or work on half time or half pay
and thus the strikes. Our people
are compelled by Congress to sell
every :ticle thy produce on the
farm in competition with all the
world at The lowest possible prices
and at the same time t, buy every
thing they have 10 buy under the
stron 5est aid most unjust monopo-
y ia the word at the highest pc ST.
b e prizes.
Ships from Liverpool cross the
ocean with sand or stone as ba auce
to carry our cotton. c>rn. wheat
meat and other commodit:e s to 9th
countries to find market. II
these ships were allowed to bring a
cargo of foreign made merchandise
nste d of sand, to exchange with
,ur folks for cutton, wheat. meat,
and other articles we have to spare
the cost of :ransportat:O to and
from other countries would net be
much over half what it Is now and
| goods such DIS we have to buy
would be much cheaper. But no.
Congress says other nations must
| aot be allowed to sell in our home
markets, they must be suppli,d by
our people, although it can't make
Zach American citlzea nearly doub-
lie the amount to be supplied by our
home manu- Tacturers, as it would be
supplied by foteisners.
lfcur people can't compete With
other nations after fifty years OF
protec ION, let them quit the bust
ness and go at something else. The
lahoring cope and farmers Of this
country have been slaves. newer,
of wood and drawers of water for
the last fl ty years to she mo cid
monopo,ies and corporations Of this
country. 1t is time this thing had
ended. Listen what Naming
says, The taxes to be first remit>
ted are those which prevent or hin
der the sale Of our surplus prob
uctS in foreign ma kets.' Tie
ms aiming of this seat nce is simply
this. We have suppl ed our. home
mark, 1t eXorbltant prices, we
have bled our own people to death
and monepolzed lone ma kets.and
yet we have goods to spare, which
we must be allowed to sell at a
profit to foreign powers.
Now with all due respect for
Cleveland's S Secretary we think the
taxes FIRST to he RENTED, ought to
be those that bear heaviest cn the
consumers Of this country, that are
grinding the life and energy Gus Of
our people. lat are making the rich
richer and the poor poore- Jhat are
filing the Treasury wit! surplus
millions that ought to remain in
the hands of the people, and that
viii! permit our folks 10 sell in TIE
highest markets in the world and
buy IN the cheapest markets Of t! e
world. Neither the Manning Ian
the Hewitt plan, the Cleveland
plan, nor the MCPHERSON Randall
plan will aid or relieve the people.
A reduction all along tile line to
a revenue point, is the only rem ~
that will reach the disease. ANY
other kind CT tampering with the
Tariff will be child's play.
Manning shows conclusiyely that
only five per cent.of our people are
benefited by the Tariff and that
ninety-fiye percent are injured by it..
He also shows that only 100000 of
people are employed and are bene-
flied as employees by the Protective
Tariff, while, on the other haHd. he
says that "19.ono,Ooo persons, pay
| ing hineteen-:v eltietEs Of these tax